2023 Marchesi Antinori Tignanello Toscana IGT

Tignanello is one of the top Super Tuscans. This world-renowned wine was the first Sangiovese to be aged in small oak barrels, the first Italian red wine in modern times to use a non-traditional grape variety (Cabernet) in the blend, and among the first Italian red wines made in Chianti appellation with no use of white grapes. The wine is only produced in exceptional vintages and it is considered one of the blue chips in all of Italy.

The Antinori family has been committed to the art of winemaking for over six centuries since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori became a member, of the “Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri”, the Florentine Winemakers’ Guild.

Tignanello, is produced exclusively from a 140-acre vineyard site at Antinori’s Tignanello estate which is planted between 1,150 and 1,312 feet above sea level. Tenuta Tignanello estate is located in the heart of the Chianti Classico appellation. As you can imagine, given the fact that Tignanello is one of the world’s greatest wines, this estate is placed on an extremely blessed terroir, on soft hills with soils deriving from Pliocene marine marls with limestone and shale.

The two most iconic labels from the Antinori family are produced from the Tignanello vineyard, Solaia and this amazing Super Tuscan. This vineyard is planted with Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. These two wines are called "among the most influential wines in Italian winemaking history".

Tignanello was revolutionary in its rejection of traditional Chianti regulations, being one of the first to blend Sangiovese with Bordeaux varieties and exclude white grapes entirely, effectively creating a new category of Italian wine that would pave the way for the Super Tuscan movement.

2023 lands as a graceful, midweight Tignanello — less muscle than the 2021, more finesse than the warmer 2020. Sangiovese-led with a touch more Cabernet Franc than usual, sourced from the limestone-rich Tignanello vineyard sitting 1,150 to 1,325 feet up in the heart of Chianti Classico. Aged 13 months in mostly new French oak (with a small percentage of Hungarian), then rested another year in bottle before release.